
“In the future, intelligence is extinct.”
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.
Release Date: 9/1/2006
Runtime: 85 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Mike Judge
Budget: $30.0M
Revenue: $0.5M
Companies: 20th Century Fox, Ternion Pictures
Countries: United States of America
Sampson
**A dumb, smart movie or a smart, dumb movie?** This movie has become a cult classic on online forums as reddit users discuss the state of the world. I came into this movie with hopes that it would be a prescient foretelling of the state of the world and the death of intellectual curiosity. While I was hooked by the premise of a society getting dumber over time, I feel they ultimately exhausted much of this hook in the introduction to the movie. As the movie progressed, it revealed its true self - a quotable but ultimately low-brow movie that relies on the same tropes that it critiques. Between giant dildo cars and people getting kicked in the balls, there were some funny moments that I found to draw parallels to the modern days. The poisoning of crops by Brawndo reminds me of multiple corporate scandals where baby formula or water was replaced with some corporate concoction that ultimately made life worse for consumers. I think these moments poke fun at the situation in a digestible way. That said, I think these insights were overshadowed by the stupidity of the humor which seems to be making fun of the stupefaction of society while relying on the same type of humor for cheap laughs. Aside from the introduction and quotable phrases ("It's what the plants crave!"), I ultimately think the sophomoric humor strongly overpowers and sort of intrigue or commentary that the movie tries to offer.

Luke Wilson
Joe Bauers

Maya Rudolph
Rita

Dax Shepard
Frito

Terry Crews
President Camacho

Anthony 'Citric' Campos
Secretary of Defense

David Herman
Secretary of State
Sonny Castillo
Prosecutor
Kevin McAfee
Bailiff

Robert Musgrave
Sgt. Keller

Michael McCafferty
Officer Collins
Christopher Ryan
Hospital Technician

Justin Long
Doctor
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